JPL Imagery Captures Fires in the Land 'Down Under'

This image, captured on February 14, shows a large burned area about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Melbourne near Kinglake National Park. Image credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

Satellite images of Australia's severe wildfires show the global transport of their pollution, extent of the devastation and the fires still burning as of Feb. 17.